The traffic cops that attended said that my skidmarks showed that I was driving at the correct speed but that the closing speed and distance of two vehicles heading towards each other would have made it impossible for us to stop in time! (Thinking distance + braking distance times 2 = Ouch!). When I opened my eyes again, I could see the wheels on the 4 wheel drive tractor still turning and I was being pushed backwards! I still wake up to those wheels in a hot sweat! The weight plates on the tractor front were hard up against the engine of my Suzuki Swift!I was driving slowly so had more than enough time to stop (grew up driving country lanes.)
I do hope that the tractor driver was prosecuted for the appropriate laws being broken?The traffic cops that attended said that my skidmarks showed that I was driving at the correct speed but that the closing speed and distance of two vehicles heading towards each other would have made it impossible for us to stop in time! (Thinking distance + braking distance times 2 = Ouch!). When I opened my eyes again, I could see the wheels on the 4 wheel drive tractor still turning and I was being pushed backwards! I still wake up to those wheels in a hot sweat! The weight plates on the tractor front were hard up against the engine of my Suzuki Swift!
Yes. He was driving to pick up a load of seed potatoes (should have been done by a lorry taxed for goods!) and was way out of his local area! He'd only been driving a few months!I do hope that the tractor driver was prosecuted for the appropriate laws being broken?
I have problems with my LG TV. After it recently updated its software, when I switch on, it no longer automatically selects the set top box as the source. in fact it seems to randomly select the source. So it is a fiddle to reselect the source every time it is switched on now. Could not find anything to help in the on-line manual. So followed up by sending a query to LG support but they have never answered. Prior to the software upgrade, it always defaulted to where it was when switched off. 99.9% of the time that would be the set-top box.I also find the volume varies significantly for different sources so wondered about setting to automatic but, after you troubles, I do not want to introduce more problems.
Dave
I find that annoying too, no 2 channels seem to broadcast at the same levels. Some commercial channels are low, so you have to turn it up, the the adverts come on at a much higher level and blast your ears.Re varying volumes. I don't mean the problem I have but let's say you have your volumne set at 15. One programme outputs at level A volume so 15 is fine. Programme B outputs at a higher volume so you'll need to reduce yours to say, 12. That is a very untechnical way to explain it but..lol.
I find that annoying too, no 2 channels seem to broadcast at the same levels. Some commercial channels are low, so you have to turn it up, the the adverts come on at a mush higher level and blast your ears.
Shop around the will have xhanged their prefered demagraphicCar insurance from £260 to £431 in a year.
Have tried a couple of price check sites - maybe go to a cheapie for £30 less with less cover but nothing significant. Wasn’t expecting that much extra.Shop around the will have xhanged their prefered demagraphic
Ouch that is a huge jump I take it you havent claimed in the last year or changed anything.Have tried a couple of price check sites - maybe go to a cheapie for £30 less with less cover but nothing significant. Wasn’t expecting that much extra.
Sadly and possibly tragically the only thing that will "break through" is he hurts himself or someone else.WAMT Elderly disabled neighbour allowing her (six or seven year old) grandson to drive her mobility scooter up and down the roads and footpaths like a toy at breakneck speed (literally). Anyone coming out of gates or footpaths either in a car or on foot are in danger (as is he!)! Last week she had him on her knees, driving on the "cart"! This week - bedlam! He was in and out of grandad's car last week (with the keys!) switching on the lights and hazards. There's no point in talking to them as various neighbours have had arguments in the past about trivial stuff!
Due to our past experiences, we all let sleeping dogs lie. If he runs a wheel off the kerb edge, it would just topple over (I've seen that happen in the local high street _ ambulance call out). Those things are fine whilst all four wheels are on the ground.Sadly and possibly tragically the only thing that will "break through" is he hurts himself or someone else.
PS has anyone considered reporting it to the police and/or Council???
Ali Baba and Temu "demanding" information when you access their sites. Noooooooooooo! It's not going to happen, no matter how cheap your stuff appears to be!
The Beeb seems to agree too:-
Temu U-turns on terms of cash 'giveaway' offer
The retailer changes what it can do with customer data after privacy concerns were raised.www.bbc.co.uk
So charge £15 deliverySelling a couple of metal shelving units on a local FB group for a fiver each. Got a reply asking if we would sell seperately as sh only wanted one. No problem. She then asks if we can deliver, assembled, to her house, 15 miles away!
My time is worth more than that and I seriously doubt she would've agreed to it.So charge £15 delivery
Latest from the BBC on the issue:-But you can use Temu without this. They aren't "demanding" it. This is apparently a marketing "Thing" which other companies also do. People are given the option of providing additional info above and beyond what is usually required and for getting other people to sign up for either £50 transferred into their bank account or other or £50 worth of credits to spend on the site. I've seen this before from other companies and even UK companies but you don't have to sign up to this. You don't even need to sign up at all as you can buy stuff from Temu as a "guest" (that's what we do) and thus provide only very limited info but you're still providing your name and address and credit card or other payment details as you wont get stuff delivered without these.
Mrs WW uses Temu and although I'd rather not in our case we sort of have to as some stuff Mrs WW wants are common in the far east (where she's from) but difficult to find on the likes of Amazon and Ebay in the UK and very difficult to find in UK shops too.
A bigger issue than the data gathering for me is the possibility of exploitative labour practices but as so much of the stuff we buy today comes from China one way or another it's difficult to avoid this issue. For example Amazon and Ebay are awash with Chinese stuff and even upmarket stuff like Apple products and what you'd think of as top end British HiFi are these days made in China and possibly by companies with less good labour conditions and practices.
Latest from the BBC on the issue:-
Temu U-turns on terms of cash 'giveaway' offer
The retailer changes what it can do with customer data after privacy concerns were raised.www.bbc.co.uk
I had a similar experience with a VW showroom. I had been helping a friend with some minor building work and the jeans and shirt I was wearing was non too clean. Like your mother I was completely ignored and I haven't considered buying a VW since.One ran after me once but he wasn't quite quick enough and when I got home the phone was ringing but they didn't get the sale.
The most upsetting for me was when I took my mother to a VW showroom and they completely ignored us.
What has annoyed me today?
Reading some of the comments in the Main Discussions, Talk Photography section about the appalling school photographer.
As a parent of a child who has a child who is autistic, suffers ADHD, is epileptic and has sensory needs, and then also as a teaching practitioner as I work in primary state education as a teacher, it blows my mind the thinking of some people. I'm fuming partly due to me being a protective parent and seeing how some scum view my child who didn't ask to be born this way view him and spout their s***e online, and than as a teacher who knows a lot more than some keyboard warrier who thinks they can come on here with their bigoted views without thinking how their post can trigger someone who has to deal with daily life with a disabled child. Fuming. f*****g fuming. Still, I've had a rare drink and had my rant and tomorrow I'll probably regret this post but right now to say I'm p***ed is an understatement.
I used to work with kids with special needs and came up against lots of "obstacles", often from my own "colleagues" who should have known better. The kids were special alright and it was the saddest day of my life when I could no longer work with them due to redundancy. There were tears on both sides. I still see lots of the guys and gals and we always have a chat and sometimes a hug. That makes up for all the other stuff but it doesn't excuse it. Keep smiling and carry on.Thank you all. I'm sorry for my outburst last night. I'd had a drink and that struck a chord with me as its so personal to our circumstances and it riled me up. Kids are innocent, disabled kids more so. We have to put up with so much crap from narrow minded idiots and I didn't think I'd ever have to feel like defending my son and other disabled children on here.
Once again massive apologies for my post last night and my language.
The poster in question is neuro-divergent and appears to have issues of their own. Just put them on ignore and move on.
Hopefully, they don't need to be put on ignore and will stay banned.
There's a difference between rudeness and "verbalising" (writing) actual bodily harm / violence and pure unadulterated bigotry.There are a few people on here that I find profoundly rude and I have the impression that if they could, they would take great pleasure in humiliating me publicly and tearing my life apart. You just have to move on, else they have won.
It's worth bearing in mind (a general point, not aimed at anyone in particular) that some people feel that they are entitled both to be rude and not to have others respond in kind. Another similar problem is that many people hold strong opinions but resent others holding equally strong but conflicting opinions.There are a few people on here that I find profoundly rude and I have the impression that if they could, they would take great pleasure in humiliating me publicly and tearing my life apart. You just have to move on, else they have won.